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#DFCFCA

Light Gray · very light neutral

About #DFCFCA

#DFCFCA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 81% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 6.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CADADF — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFCFCA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green207
Blue202

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 6.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DFCFCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #DFCFCA.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #DFCFCA.
13.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFCFCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFCFCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D0CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D3CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4CDCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFCFCA?

#DFCFCA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 81% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #DFCFCA?

Use black text. Black on #DFCFCA has a contrast ratio of 13.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFCFCA?

Its complementary colour is #CADADF, and analogous partners are #DFCACF and #DFDACA.